They actually sell seedlings inoculated with mycorrhiza I think. My wife speculates, that too vigorous mushroom as they get in monotubs will totally turn from symbiotic to predatory, as is customary in this world.

[–] Venus_Ziegenfalle@feddit.org 1 points 1 week ago (1 children)

Yeah you can use the benefits of mycorrhiza for keeping the tree healthy but what I meant is using it as a way to grow mushrooms at home that you couldn't otherwise. Sacrificing a bonsai each time probably wouldn't be quite worth the effort though 😅 Maybe there's a way to keep a detached root alive long enough for the mycelium to prey on it and fruit some shrooms. Sounds like a fun project at least.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 3 points 1 week ago

Actually I've seen scientific papers that did just that - hydroponically kept a root alive until full colonization. I wouldn't attempt that, I have plenty of actual living forest to mess with this extremely complicated system in a jar, knowing it is possible feels enough, pushing it further is not worth the effort. At least now.

[–] Gradually_Adjusting@lemmy.world 4 points 1 week ago* (last edited 1 week ago)

Cool idea to have planted something then, to mark the time. It's looking great!

[–] the_artic_one@programming.dev 3 points 1 week ago (1 children)

I've never seen such a small Suillus, I'm used to them being pretty sizeable.

[–] alzymologist@sopuli.xyz 2 points 1 week ago

Yeah, was surprised as well, but it looks correct and they grow locally a lot. I've seen fruiting body growing smaller than normal in my constrained growing experiments (but also larger than normal sometimes).

[–] DradoTheHobbit@lemmy.eco.br 3 points 1 week ago

So tiny, so cute ❤️